Doctor remains hospitalized after ambulance crash (story, video)

Cause of crashon Highway 26 is undetermined

Jul. 11, 2013

An ambulance was involved in a rollover crash on Highway 26 on Wednesday. / Aileen Andrews/The Reporter Media

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Two of the four Meriter Health Services staff members injured in an ambulance crash on Highway 26 Wednesday afternoon remained under medical care Thursday afternoon.

Stanley Phillips, 32, of Madison, a neonatal doctor at Meriter Hospital, is in critical condition at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, according to hospital officials.

Marianne Davidson of Spring Green was treated at St. Agnes Hospital and transferred to another facility, according to hospital officials, who would not identify the facility.

Two other women injured in Wednesday’s crash, which occurred between Waupun and Rosendale. Forty-three-year-old Amy Duerk of Oregon and 36-year-old Katherine Hirsch of Madison, were treated and released from St. Agnes and Waupun Memorial Hospitals, respectively, according to hospital officials.

The Meriter Health Services ambulance was on its way to Appleton to pick up a patient when it crashed around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Meriter spokesman Michael Flaherty. It was carrying five employees and was on a scheduled non-emergency call.

The driver of the ambulance, 62-year-old Ross Fleming of Sun Prairie, failed to negotiate a curve while driving north on Highway 26, said Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. John Toney. Fleming lost control of the vehicle and the ambulance went over a culvert and landed on its side. Fleming was uninjured, Toney said.

It is unknown whether speed or a vehicle malfunction caused the accident, Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink said.

“That’s what the accident reconstruction will figure out,” he said.

Both traffic lanes of Highway 26 near the crash scene were closed for about an hour.